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Gwanghwamun Square attractions
  1. 1.Gyeongbokgung Palace

    ★ 4.6(47,005)

    Gyeongbokgung is the primary palace of the Joseon dynasty and a historical tourist site representing Seoul. Vi…

  2. 2.Cheonggyecheon

    ★ 4.6(11,133)

    Cheonggyecheon is a 10.84 km stream that runs through central Seoul. It starts at Baegundong Valley in Cheongu…

  3. 3.Cheonggye Plaza

    ★ 4.4(8,539)

    Cheonggye Plaza sits at the start of Cheonggyecheon in Seoul and is a large square in the city center. Water f…

  4. 4.Seoul Plaza

    ★ 4.3(9,865)
    parks

    Seoul Plaza is a grass square in front of Seoul City Hall, next to City Hall Station, where people walk and re…

  5. 5.Gwanghwamun Gate

    ★ 4.7(4,165)
    historic-sites

    Gwanghwamun is the south gate and main gate of Gyeongbokgung, the palace where kings of the Joseon dynasty ent…

  6. 6.Seoul City Hall

    ★ 4.4(889)

    Seoul City Hall is the administrative building for the Seoul metropolitan government, located near City Hall S…

  7. 7.Yeongchumun (West Gate)

    ★ 4.7(204)
    historic-sites

    Yeongchumun is the west gate of Gyeongbokgung in Seoul and one of the four gates surrounding the palace. Its n…

  8. 8.Sujeongjeon

    ★ 4.4(264)
    historic-sites

    Sujeongjeon is a historic building beside Gyeonghoeru at Gyeongbokgung in Seoul, used as a government office d…

  9. 9.Kimchi Academy

    ★ 4.4(262)

    Seoul Kimchi Culture Experience Center is a hanok gallery in Bukchon that combines kimchi-making sessions with…

  10. 10.Jagyeongjeon

    ★ 4.9(134)
    historic-sites

    Jagyeongjeon is a royal hall inside Gyeongbokgung in Seoul, built for Queen Sinjeong of the Jo clan. Heungseon…

  11. 11.Gwangtonggyo Bridge

    ★ 4.6(150)

    Gwangtonggyo is a bridge over Cheonggyecheon in Seoul that dates to the Joseon period. It is an old bridge tha…

  12. 12.Hwangudan (Wongudan) Altar

    ★ 4.2(235)

    Hwangudan (Wongudan) is a historic site of the Korean Empire, located between Seoul Plaza, Euljiro Station, an…

  13. 13.CKL Stage

    ★ 4.5(152)

    CKL Stage is a concert hall for performances and exhibitions, located near Jonggak and Cheonggyecheon in Seoul…

  14. 14.Heungbokjeon

    ★ 4.9(95)
    historic-sites

    Heungbokjeon is a historical hall in Gyeongbokgung, reached by walking the path between Gyeonghoeru and Gangny…

  15. 15.Jeongdong Park

    ★ 4.2(211)
    parks

    Jeongdong Park is a historic downtown park near City Hall Station on Deoksugung-gil, and it includes part of t…

  16. KT Gwanghwamun Building WEST is an information and communications building across from Gwanghwamun Station and…

  17. 17.Sajikdan Altar

    ★ 4.2(172)

    Sajikdan is a state ritual site west of Gyeongbokgung in Seoul, where kings made offerings to the gods of land…

  18. GS E&C is a construction company headquartered at Gran Seoul in Jonggak. The basement level holds restaurants …

  19. 19.Yeongjegyo Bridge

    ★ 4.4(97)
    historic-sites

    Yeongjegyo Bridge at Gyeongbokgung Palace is a stone bridge from the Joseon period on the path from Heungnyemu…

  20. 20.Gyejodang

    ★ 4.7(69)
    historic-sites

    Gyejodang is the main hall of the crown prince's residence in the Donggung area of Gyeongbokgung in Seoul. The…

  21. 21.Junghwajeon Hall

    ★ 4.6(74)
    historic-sites

    Junghwajeon is the main hall at the center of Deoksugung in Seoul, where the Korean Empire held state rites an…

  22. Lotte Culture Center Main Branch is a culture center in Myeongdong that runs hobby classes such as cooking and…

  23. 23.Sejongno Park

    ★ 4.3(88)
    parks

    Sejongno Park is an urban park on Sejong-daero in Jongno, Seoul, on the right side of the Sejong Center as Sej…

  24. Wongaksa Jip Cheung Seoktap is a marble pagoda inside Tapgol Park in Jongno, Seoul, built during the reign of …

  25. Ujeongchongguk is next to Jogyesa near Jonggak Station in Seoul. Established in 1884 as Joseon’s first modern …

  26. 26.Heunghwamun Gate

    ★ 4.2(37)
    historic-sites

    Heunghwamun is the main gate of Gyeonghuigung in Jongno, Seoul. It was built as the gate of a secondary palace…

  27. Donuimun (Seodaemun) Gate Site is located in Sinmunro, Seoul. The gate itself no longer stands, and a VR displ…

  28. 28.Seoul Weather Station

    ★ 3.7(63)

    The Seoul Weather Observatory is a meteorological observation station in Jongno that serves as the reference p…

  29. 29.Deoksugung Junghwamun

    ★ 4.3(27)
    historic-sites

    Junghwamun is the main gate of the central hall at Deoksugung in Seoul, leading to Junghwajeon. It was first b…

  30. 30.Seoul Plaza Fountain

    ★ 4.3(24)

    Seoul Plaza Fountain sits next to Seoul City Hall and the Seoul Metropolitan Library, with a fountain and a gr…

  31. 31.Jeonggwanheon

    ★ 4.3(24)
    historic-sites

    Jeonggwanheon sits inside Deoksugung in Seoul. The building mixes a traditional wooden paljak roof with Romane…

  32. 32.Gyeonghuigung Park

    ★ 4.0(34)
    parks

    Gyeonghuigung Park is an urban park in Sinmun-ro, Jongno, where forest and palace grounds meet. It holds cultu…

  33. 33.Gwangtonggwan

    ★ 4.1(19)

    Gwangtonggwan is a tourist site in Jung-gu, Seoul, at 118 Namdaemun-ro. Built during the Korean Empire period,…

  34. historic-sites

    Samil Dongnip Seoneon Yujeokji is a historic site in Insadong, Seoul, marking the former Taehwagwan building a…

  35. 35.Seogeodang

    ★ 4.0(18)
    historic-sites

    Seokodang is a two-story wooden building in Deoksugung in Seoul, unusual among the palace's halls. Its dark br…

  36. The Independence Activists' Path is a memorial walk in Sogyeok-dong, Seoul. Murals along it reimagine portrait…

  37. 37.Chorong Park

    ★ 3.4(24)
    parks

    Choronggongwon is a neighborhood park in Seoul with a playground that has swings. A daycare center is next to …

  38. Gungisi Yujeok Jeonsisil is an exhibition room inside Seoul City Hall near Seoul City Hall Station that displa…

  39. art-museums

    Nae Chingu Seoul Seoul Gallery is an art center at City Hall Station and in the basement of Seoul City Hall, w…

  40. parks

    Gam-sa-ui Jeong-won is a memorial park in Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, honoring the countries that fought in t…

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